Free Verse: wait, wrong poem
"They don't even see us when they're looking right at us." Christina Hammonds Reed
[First Stanza]
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Lions are bright
And tigers bite
[Second Stanza]
Wait, wrong poem. Sorry, let's try again
One fish, two fish
Red fish, blue fish
Wait I messed it up again, one more time
[Third Stanza]
Ah yes, here it is
Shots fired
Hi, my name is Breonna Taylor
I'm 26 years old and I am proud to say that I'm a police officer
[Fourth Stanza]
Well not anymore. You see, they pulled a fast one on me.
And now I'm here.
My body cold and stiff, the blood slowly leaving.
Spilling and staining out onto the floor.
Shots fired.
[Fifth Stanza]
What's up, I'm Tamir. Tamir Rice. I'm forever 12.
See, I came out of the gas station with some skittles
Boom, everything stopped and resumed so fast, you'd think I had met the flash.
Shots fired
[Sixth Stanza]
No, there is nobody that is going to look past this ever again
Because I want you to think about that when it's your daughter being put away for the murder of that poor black girl who was drugged and stabbed in her sleep.
[Last Stanza]
That was the right poem and no I'm not going to be silenced.
For decades and even centuries
Now we're going to rise
No more shots fired.
YOU ARE READING
Poetry, drabbles, and other things
Poetryhello, here is where I'll put the poems that I write and all my little things.
